Hey, I'm Eric!

Founder + Dev for 1.5M • Passionate Full-Stack Dev • 8+ years of experience

🌐 Visit my website: erickang.dev

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 About Me

• ✅ Successful founder and app dev for 1.5M users
• VERIFIED Discord bot developer
• 🌱 Owner of mentorship program for 1.2k+ aspiring CS students
• 👨‍💼 4 co-op experiences totaling over 1.5 years, including at D2L and Compass Group
• 🎓 Term 3B Computer Science, AI Specialization @ University of Waterloo
• 🧠 8+ years of programming experience, passionate about AI
• 🛠️ Passionate about full-stack apps and Discord bots

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 Notable Projects

╭₊˚ uwu bot - A crowd favorite anime-themed Discord bot that serves 26k+ servers and 1.4M+ users. (</> GitHub)

╭₊˚ Transit Guesser - GeoGuessr but for public transit, encouraging cleaner ways to travel! (</> GitHub)

╭₊˚ uwu café - A cozy community server for lifelong learning in tech, collaboration on projects, and gamers!

╭₊˚ BananAPI - Public Node.js REST API for image generation and editing. (</> GitHub)

╭₊˚ Personal Website- A site showcasing projects, tech stack, and some easter eggs if you scroll to the bottom :) (</> GitHub)

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 Tech Stack

Programming Languages

C++ • C • Python • Java • JavaScript • TypeScript

Frameworks & Libraries

React (and React Query, Router) • Node.js • OpenAI API • TypeORM • Docker • Tailwind • Express.js • Flask • Electron • TypeORM

Cloud & DevOps

AWS • Cloudflare • Google Cloud • Azure • Oracle Cloud

Databases

MongoDB • Postgres • MySQL • DynamoDB • Oracle

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 Interests

• 🎵 K-pop
• 🎮 Gaming: Brawl Stars, Honkai: Star Rail, Clash of Clans, Genshin Impact
• 🚲 Biking
• 💻 Side projects and full-stack dev
• 📹 Live streaming + video editing

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🌐 Socials

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